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[CSolis]

I am glad I dont have all of those power Co. & City problems, my blood pressure would pop.
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I'm five miles from nowhere (Red Level, pop 400), 10 miles from Andalusia AL, not even a town. Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 9,015.Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 9,015.
Here's the damage they did.

Oh and though we are 90 from the gulf coast, we still get hurricane force winds here. OOPS!

 

[ronott1]

I'm five miles from nowhere (Red Level, pop 400), 10 miles from Andalusia AL, not even a town. Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 9,015.Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 9,015.
Here's the damage they did.
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Oh and though we are 90 from the gulf coast, we still get hurricane force winds here. OOPS!

I grew up in a place like that!

Paradoxically, Interstate five was one field from us-- with thousands of people a day travelling on it.

The nearest real store was about 10 miles away

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I'm five miles from nowhere (Red Level, pop 400), 10 miles from Andalusia AL, not even a town. Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 9,015.Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 9,015.
Here's the damage they did.
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Oh and though we are 90 from the gulf coast, we still get hurricane force winds here. OOPS!

Yam I am sorry, but I agree, that tree going to at some point become one with the house

 

[microchick]

They did the same thing to the timber on the other side of the road from us last year. It was pretty wild. They took this machine with a huge cutting wheel on it like a bucket on a cherry picker. Then they moved it along the tree line and literally sheered the trees back. When they were done it looked like somebody had went down the timber line with a giant meat cleaver. It was perfectly done.

I was born in central IL. They couldn't cut down trees that were near power lines. It was a "Tree City USA". You wouldn't believe some of the designs they cut into trees. Some looked like giant U's with a trunk. Others like yours.

I had 2 big nasty English Elm trees in front of my property that kept dropping limbs on the street. One day during an ice storm, one dropped a huge limb that made me late for work. The city wouldn't come move it for me even when I explained to them that I was essential personnel. If the morning paper deliverer hadn't shown up to help me move it, I never would have gotten to work that morning. I begged the city to cut it down and they said no, we're a Tree City USA. About a year later I had my land surveyed and found out the tree was on my property and not the easement. So I had it cut down. I then called the city and told them that the other elm tree was half on my property and half on the easement. It was their turn to cut down a problem tree. I heard the same story. Only this time I told them if they didn't make this tree go away, it was going to suffer a mysterious death then they would HAVE to cut it down. They told me I wouldn't dare. I replied by telling them they would only find out if they didn't take the tree down. Three days later a crew showed up and cut down the tree.

I would much rather see a tree cut down and replaced with a slow growing, low height tree than see one butchered.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

They did the same thing to the timber on the other side of the road from us last year. It was pretty wild. They took this machine with a huge cutting wheel on it like a bucket on a cherry picker. Then they moved it along the tree line and literally sheered the trees back. When they were done it looked like somebody had went down the timber line with a giant meat cleaver. It was perfectly done.

I was born in central IL. They couldn't cut down trees that were near power lines. It was a "Tree City USA". You wouldn't believe some of the designs they cut into trees. Some looked like giant U's with a trunk. Others like yours.

I had 2 big nasty English Elm trees in front of my property that kept dropping limbs on the street. One day during an ice storm, one dropped a huge limb that made me late for work. The city wouldn't come move it for me even when I explained to them that I was essential personnel. If the morning paper deliverer hadn't shown up to help me move it, I never would have gotten to work that morning. I begged the city to cut it down and they said no, we're a Tree City USA. About a year later I had my land surveyed and found out the tree was on my property and not the easement. So I had it cut down. I then called the city and told them that the other elm tree was half on my property and half on the easement. It was their turn to cut down a problem tree. I heard the same story. Only this time I told them if they didn't make this tree go away, it was going to suffer a mysterious death then they would HAVE to cut it down. They told me I wouldn't dare. I replied by telling them they would only find out if they didn't take the tree down. Three days later a crew showed up and cut down the tree.

I would much rather see a tree cut down and replaced with a slow growing, low height tree than see one butchered.

they buzz cut them like that in Wa. State

 

[Beer can]

we are on a back road--not many problems with town-
illegal dumping is a problem

Yrs ago bluestone quarry I was working at someone dumped a bunch of bags of garbage. Called the DEC, no joke household garbage with their mail and address. They were fined and had to clean it up.
Not sure why people do that. I don't know about all of NY but our county dump is free. I don't work/live far from ours. Haven't paid for garbage pick up in almost 20yrs. Last time we paid for pick up, they skipped a week or missed us not sure but then charged us double for a "excessive amount of garbage"...
They haven't received a dime from us since.
Even tires are free, up to 15. I change a lot of tires for people. Asked them why 15? Why a odd #? Woman there said it didn't matter if I had more, they way she figured it I could bring some, a friend could bring some for me and/or could bring more next day. She said county just doesn't want to see them "thrown over the bank"

 

[pennyJo1960]

Stupid idiot garbage out here said we cannot recycle at our transfer station anymore the plastic unless we have garbage pickup .. So we pay 60 to them we have recycle and garbage .. Otherwise we can only drop glass and cardboard free .. full truck of garbage is 16.00 for 2 months

 

[microchick]

I have to admit we had a horrible time with littering where we used to live in IL. Rural setting, DH and I would once a month grab plastic trash bags and walk up and down our road and pick up beer cans and fast food bags. Sometimes over a half to 3/4s a mile depending on how energetic we felt we would pick up 3 or four bags full.

It's like would you dump this stuff in your neighborhood in town? Never saw the likes of it in town but it was like, gather up the trash! Car Trip! We're drivin to the country!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I grew up with the pair that run the garbage company,
Waste management. They are out for the dollar anyway they can get it.

 

[CSolis]

They did the same thing to the timber on the other side of the road from us last year. It was pretty wild. They took this machine with a huge cutting wheel on it like a bucket on a cherry picker. Then they moved it along the tree line and literally sheered the trees back. When they were done it looked like somebody had went down the timber line with a giant meat cleaver. It was perfectly done.

I was born in central IL. They couldn't cut down trees that were near power lines. It was a "Tree City USA". You wouldn't believe some of the designs they cut into trees. Some looked like giant U's with a trunk. Others like yours.

I had 2 big nasty English Elm trees in front of my property that kept dropping limbs on the street. One day during an ice storm, one dropped a huge limb that made me late for work. The city wouldn't come move it for me even when I explained to them that I was essential personnel. If the morning paper deliverer hadn't shown up to help me move it, I never would have gotten to work that morning. I begged the city to cut it down and they said no, we're a Tree City USA. About a year later I had my land surveyed and found out the tree was on my property and not the easement. So I had it cut down. I then called the city and told them that the other elm tree was half on my property and half on the easement. It was their turn to cut down a problem tree. I heard the same story. Only this time I told them if they didn't make this tree go away, it was going to suffer a mysterious death then they would HAVE to cut it down. They told me I wouldn't dare. I replied by telling them they would only find out if they didn't take the tree down. Three days later a crew showed up and cut down the tree.

I would much rather see a tree cut down and replaced with a slow growing, low height tree than see one butchered.

If I felt really energetic I would go out and measure the circumference of the tree, divide by PI and then multiply that by 4 to get the age of that tree. Needless to say it's well over 100 years. It's a live oak and doesn't shed its leaves until spring and then not all of them.

Morning OF!